1990-2000

Canada's peacekeeping efforts were at their height in the 1990s. Begining with the first missions following the Second World War, a total of more than 100,000 Canadian soldiers had participated in peacekeeping missions by the year 2000. Many saw action in the Balkans, once Soviet control of Yugoslavia ended and the region was riven by ethnic, religious, political, and other tensions. Canadian soldiers also saw action in controversial domestic disputes, such as the Oka crisis of 1990, and in international wars, such as the UN authorized Gulf War of 1991.